Kanazawa Ward Reading Activity Promotion Goals

"The regulations about promotion of reading activity of Yokohama citizen" was enacted in June, 2013 and came into effect on April 1, 2014.
Kanazawa Ward will also formulate goals for promoting reading activities that make use of the characteristics of the ward and work on promoting reading activities.

※"Kanazawa Ward Reading Activity Promotion Goal" can also be viewed in PDF file.
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• About concrete approach for reading activity promotion

Being familiar with books, connecting through books, I like Kanazawa more.

Through introduction of reading-related facilities in ward, we push forward environment creation that anyone, from infants to elderly person can get close to reading.

• We introduce facilities in ward where book can read and borrow books and regular reading activities on a map, and support them so that you can enjoy reading in your immediate living area.
• We will promote the creation of opportunities for infants to touch books, such as story-telling sessions that parents and children can participate. In addition, through lectures and special exhibitions, we raise interest in reading.
• We will further promote reading support services for people with disabilities (large print books, enlarged reading devices, face-to-face readings, etc.) and introduction of foreign language materials to support a society that fosters diversity.

We send local reading activity and increase opportunity to get close to reading and support interchange and "connection" of volunteer playing an active part in area.

• Utilizing day of reading and reading activity month, we send reading activity performed in various facilities in ward including story-telling party and lecture and push forward the making of opportunity to get close to reading.
• We carry out lectures for volunteers involved in reading activities, such as story-telling and book repair, and promote initiatives that can be enjoyed by the leaders of the activities themselves.
• We will set up a place for information exchange and networking, such as liaison meetings for reading-related facilities and exchanges between reading volunteers, and promote "connections" through books.
• Focusing on the library, we will deepen the cooperation of schools, homes, reading facilities, childcare facilities, and volunteer groups, and schools, homes, and communities work together to raise interest in reading.

Through reading, you will be exposed to the history, culture and nature of Kanazawa Ward, and increase opportunities to discover the charm of Kanazawa Ward.

• We will further enhance the "Kanazawa Ward-related Corner" of the library and introduce artists and works related to Kanazawa.
• Using familiar tools such as picture-story shows, we will provide opportunities for visitors to experience Kanazawa Ward's history, nature and local communities.
• We call for donation of document issued by school, facility, company, group in ward and collect and read as valuable document to know area.

• Reading activities are important for learning language, improving sensibility, enhancing expression, creativity, etc., or enriching expression, creativity, etc., and acquiring the ability to live more deeply.
  Based on this philosophy, "the regulations about promotion of reading activity of Yokohama citizen" was enacted in June, 2013 and came into effect on April 1, 2014.
• As duty of city, we devise measure about promotion of citizen's reading activity and carry out. In addition, in carrying out measure, we establish aim to plan promotion of book-reading activity according to locality of ward.
• We deepen citizen's interest and understanding about reading activity and, for promotion of book-reading activity, we make 23rd every month as citizen's reading activity promotion month every year.

• We surveyed the reading activities at elementary and junior high schools, facilities (district centers, community houses), Yokohama City University, Kanto Gakuin University, and Kanazawabunko Prefectural Kanazawabunko.
• The Kanazawa Ward Reading Activity Promotion Liaison Conference was set up by officials from schools, residents' facilities, libraries, and ward offices, and examined draft targets were examined.
• We announced draft of target and raised opinions from inhabitants of a ward during period from January 26, 2015 to February 16, 2015.

• The Kanazawa Library has about 160,000 books. Books not in Kanazawa Library can be ordered from the entire Yokohama City Library building and public libraries in Kanagawa Prefecture. In addition to lending to individuals, we also provide group lending and group lending.
• We carry out various projects such as story-telling sessions for children, introductory lectures for reading activities volunteers (book repair and reading stories), and lectures.

• With the assignment of school librarians to all elementary schools, junior high schools, and special needs schools in Yokohama City, the function of the library has been improved and the environment has become more accessible to books. Activities such as story-telling by parents and volunteers are also conducted.
• Some elementary schools have a "citizen library" and lend books.
• Municipal nursery schools and some private nursery schools lend picture books to parents and children who are raising children in the area.

• The district center, community house, the welfare center for the elderly, and some community care plazas have a book corner, which reads and borrow books. Inhabitants of a ward use facilities in the ward, there are places where volunteer talks are held regularly.

• Issuance of a citizen use card (Yokohama City University) / usage certificate (Kanto Gakuin University) / usage certificate (Kanto Gakuin University) valid for one year by presenting identity verification documents for those aged 20 and over who live and work in the prefecture for the purpose of research and research. ), You can use the inside and rental service.

• There are five specialized libraries in the city that can be used for the general public, and these libraries have a large number of materials in specific fields. Except for the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, we do not provide rental services, but you can freely view the public collections.

• Reading volunteers are active at various facilities in the city, such as elementary and junior high schools, district centers, community houses, child care support facilities, elderly welfare facilities, and zoos. In Kanazawa inhabitant of a ward activity center and district center, community house, reading activity groups such as picture-story show and story-telling are registered.

[Inquiry]
Kanazawa Ward General Affairs Department Regional Promotion Division (Phone: 788-7804, Fax: 788-1937)
Kanazawa Library (Phone: 784-5861), fax: 781-2521)